John Carney

John Carney (20 May 1956-) was a member of the US House of Representatives (D-DL) from 3 January 2011 to 3 January 2017 (succeeding Mike Castle and preceding Lisa Blunt Rochester) and Governor of Delaware from 17 January 2017 (succeeding Jack Markell).

Biography
John Carney was born in Wilmington, Delaware in 1956, and he became involved with county and state politics before serving as Lieutenant Governor from 2001 to 2009. He went on to serve in the US House of Representatives from 2011 to 2017, and he was a member of the New Democrats. In 2016, he was elected Governor of Delaware.